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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Blomkvist decide would be the best time to publish Svensson's work?
(a) Exactly one year after his death.
(b) Right when Salander's trial begins.
(c) Only after Salander's trial concludes.
(d) As soon as humanly possible.

2. What is the best way to describe Holm's attitude toward Berger as she takes the helm of SMP?
(a) Nice but unintelligent.
(b) Helpful and patient.
(c) Kind but annoying.
(d) Rude and subordinate.

3. What does Annika do when she hears shots being fired in the hospital in Chapter 7?
(a) She jumps out onto the balcony.
(b) She takes Salander into the bathroom.
(c) She pulls out her own gun and tries to find the original shooter.
(d) She throws herself on top of Salander.

4. What newspaper does Berger eventually go to work for?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Svenska Morgon-Posten.
(c) The UN Journal.
(d) The Swedish Daily News.

5. What is the name of the trilogy that "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is a part of?
(a) The Salander Stories.
(b) The Plague Series.
(c) The Millennium Series.
(d) The Larssson trilogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls the group trying to help Salander "The Knights of the Idiotic Table"?

2. What kind of incredibly vulgar communication does Berger receive in Chapter 12?

3. Why does Blomkvist buy untraceable phones in Chapter 8?

4. What do the officers mostly want to discuss with Zalachenko when they first come to question him?

5. What is Zalachenko's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injuries does Salander have when she arrives at the hospital in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Blomkvist decide not to publish Svennson's book about sex trafficking until Salander's trial begins?

3. What do Salander and Dr. Jonasson talk about when she first wakes up in Chapter 3?

4. What critical information about Niedermann does Blomkvist give Paulsson in Chapter 1 -- information that he ignores?

5. Why is Annika Giannini alarmed in Chapter 1 when she wakes up and sees the news report about Salander and Niedermann?

6. Why does Blomkvist trust Armanski enough to let him go through with his meeting with Edklinth?

7. What does Bublanski think about the death of Gunnar Bjorck?

8. What does the reader learn about the Section's role in having Salander committed to St. Stefan's in Chapter 5?

9. What does Blomkvist claim is the purpose of "The Knights of the Idiotic Table"?

10. Why does Blomkvist trust Berger with the Zalachenko story even though she is going to work at SMP?

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